Still yet another flag-footed bug, Melucha gladiator, on a leaf

But this one is on a leaf during the day, so it's totally different from all those other ones. Plus it has shiny orange antennal segments! I think I'm getting a little punchy uploading so many pictures of flag-footed bugs.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I looked it up, there's 1,900 known species. Cheering for you, man. Posted 3 years ago
1. John Sullivan
  
  Lion
  
  Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted 3 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Great shot John Posted 3 years ago
1. John Sullivan
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! Posted 3 years ago

The Melucha gladiator

Melucha gladiator is a species of flag-footed bug (family Coreidae) known from northern South America and described by Fabricius in 1803. It can be distinguished from other Melucha species as follows: "Antennal segments I to III entirely shiny orange; anterolateral borders of pronotum shiny orange".

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by John Sullivan

By John Sullivan

Uploaded Feb 20, 2022. Captured Jan 26, 2022 10:08 in FRCC+RG Mazán District, Peru.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.